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Recently, I had the unexpected pleasure of collaborating with three members of the Asheville City Council — Bo Hess, Sage Turner and Maggie Ullman — on a comedic reel filmed inside Asheville City ...

North Carolina Emergency Management is again the biggest winner in the final recovery package, bringing in $208 million for federal disaster aid matching funds and various programs designed to restore ...

The temperatures are soaring with summer’s arrival, but the same can’t be said for tourist numbers in Buncombe County. During their June 25th meeting, members of the Buncombe County Tourism ...

Along with growth, the town is seeing a shift in other leadership positions. Weaverville’s longtime public works director, ...

Walking, cycling and other forms of active mobility are widely considered the holy grail of transportation sustainability.

“’The Returning to the Ridge’ craft exhibition builds on Western North Carolina’s history as a leading center for craft ...

From indie rock to hip-hop, Xpress ‘ “The Playlist” has covered its fair share of genres. For our latest, we continue to expand the feature’s embrace of diverse musical forms, speaking with Darko ...

The USDA will pursue overturning the rule because, according to Secretary Brooke Rollins, it limits accessibility for timber ...

UNCA has given an estimate of what the whole project will cost: more than $200 million. Much of the price tag and risk, it says, will be taken on by the developer, which in return will get to ...

Students in creative writing classes are encouraged to “write what you know,” and Ralph Ellis took that advice to heart. The Waynesville native and former Asheville Citizen-Times reporter describes ...